Hill Heat: Abramoff and Global WarmingScience Policy Legislation Actiontag:hillheat.com,2005:TypoTypo2013-10-06T02:04:27-04:00Brad Johnsonurn:uuid:06e1e1e6-0953-4448-a902-fe19e822b7462007-07-16T18:33:00-04:002013-10-06T02:04:27-04:00Abramoff and Global Warming<p>R. Jared Carpenter, vice president of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy, a right-wing environmental non-profit founded by Gale Norton and Grover Norquist, <a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/abramoff-investigation-leads-to-another-guilty-plea-2007-07-14.html">pleaded guilty</a> last week to tax evasion. Carpenter didn&#8217;t just take money from Jack Abramoff&#8217;s tribes and spend it for himself without paying taxes; he also worked on such environmental issues as climate change, participating in the US Climate Change Science Program <a href="http://www.climatescience.gov/events/workshop2002/">workshop</a> that produced the program&#8217;s <a href="http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/stratplan2003/final/">2003 strategic plan report</A>.</p><p>R. Jared Carpenter, vice president of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy, a right-wing environmental non-profit founded by Gale Norton and Grover Norquist, <a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/abramoff-investigation-leads-to-another-guilty-plea-2007-07-14.html">pleaded guilty</a> last week to tax evasion. Carpenter didn&#8217;t just take money from Jack Abramoff&#8217;s tribes and spend it for himself without paying taxes; he also worked on such environmental issues as climate change, participating in the US Climate Change Science Program <a href="http://www.climatescience.gov/events/workshop2002/">workshop</a> that produced the program&#8217;s <a href="http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/stratplan2003/final/">2003 strategic plan report</A>.</p>